<p>How do you like the classes and professors?</p>
<p>Chem 33 if you have a good AP chem background is ridiculously easy, I took it with Doll, and it was...interesting, I think the critical review pretty much hits it right on.</p>
<p>Chem 35 DO THE OPTIONAL PROBLEM SETS!!!! Man did I almost really **** myself this semester. I basically never did any work for orgo this semester, and ended up getting below average on both tests so far. I finally got my act together for this last one, and may have pulled an A on it. Not sure. But definitely do a few problems nightly, even though they are never collected or anything.</p>
<p>Zimmt is amazing for organic, and Suggs is also good. I can tell you about a bunch of the bio professors (I'm an ScB concentrator...) which ones in particular are you interested in?</p>
<p>Yeah I wanna Be is right, except the first test I didnt thinkw as bad and I did nothing for, and got what I think was close to an A, if not an A. Then of course, test two, I didnt always go to class did nothing for, and on what could hav ebeen an easy exam essentialyl bombed.</p>
<p>I kicked ass last night though, so yay!</p>
<p>The teachers here at least in chemistry have been fine so far, I'll be taking a lot of both but mostly next year so Iw ish I had more experience to give you. Most people at least seem happy with their professors in these subjects, even though the course itself is often considered hard (i.e. BI50, Wessel is supposed to be an awesome teacher, the topic is suposed ot be interesting, but it's a lot of work to remember all the detaisl of Cell Bio so the tests are still real hard).</p>
<p>33 is a joke, 35 is intense...</p>
<p>Zimmt is more entertaining, suggs is a better teacher..</p>
<p>I am not sure, I am a prospective freshman, deciding between Brown and Duke, and Science is one of my main interests. I really like bio and chem but don't know exactly what parts, maybe eventaully disease research. Also, are the science classes competitive or graded on a curve or anything?</p>
<p>It's the same as most other places-- if kids are easily getting 90s than you dont have a curve, but most of hte time that isnt the case and so there is some kind of curve/grade distribution to make sure somebody is getting the A. General rule, get around a standard of deviation or a bit more above the mean and you're in striking distance or at the A. Within the +/- 1 SD you have a B, with it getting pushed up or down at hte borders potentially, etc.</p>
<p>Both are great schools, but science classes tend to not be all that different from school to school-- general material is the same, same type of people taking those classes, etc. It's research opportunities, access to faculty, unique interdisciplinary concentrations, etc that make the bigger difference there.</p>
<p>I am doing Biochem and Molecular Biology, so that's pretty much on the interface of those two, check out what the concentration involves:
<a href="http://bms.brown.edu/bug/biochem_molec_program.html%5B/url%5D">http://bms.brown.edu/bug/biochem_molec_program.html</a>
Use <a href="http://boca.brown.edu%5B/url%5D">http://boca.brown.edu</a> to read the course descriptions.</p>
<p>If you are planning on going pre-med at Brown, can you get tuition credit for the Bio AP?</p>
<p>you get course credit. So you don't have to take BI20, and can jump into something more advanced.</p>
<p>what would u jump into?</p>
<p>evolutionary bio</p>
<p>You jump into any bio class you want that doenst have some other prerequisite.</p>
<p>Not that they'll always hold you to those prereqs...</p>